blue tulips.

Introducing my latest illustrated Moleskine notebook for July, Blue Tulips:


....and some of the latest additions to my screenprinted Moleskine series:

Imaginary Friend on an extra large Moleskine (left) and large Moleskine (right)


Knit Buddies (left) extra large Moleskine, and right: new edition Roxy

If you didn't make it to Crafty Bastards this past weekend, here's a peek at what our space looked like from where I was sitting:



Spring was such a busy time, Artomatic came and went, and then Crafty Bastards, and soon it'll be December again. I'm planning to introduce a new notebook each month from now till the end of the year, so check back soon to see how I'm doing. I have a stack of illustrations waiting to be used, and I can't wait to see how those look printed. But I'm going to try and be patient and work on them slowly, one month at a time. And like all the rest, they will be sold individually via my etsy shop.

one for each pocket.

Introducing the latest addition to the goshdarnknit line: pocket mirrors! Guaranteed to make your pockets at least 60% more fabulous.

Six different designs to choose from, that means one for every pocket.




I actually wasn't planning on getting mirrors made until Kate snuck one into my buttons order. And I was hooked. And these little mirrors are the most perfect size. She seriously makes the best. buttons. ever. And now I'm slowly adding the different designs to my shop. I like to share.

This coming Saturday, Sean and I will setting up at the Ballston Arts Market. You know the drill, stop by & say hi!

Thank you to the Crafy Bastards Blog for including me on your write up of the market! Did you know they have a blog now? Yes yes, go read it.

magnolias.

Back in February I saw the most amazing exhibit of Louis Comfort Tiffany's work. I had no idea how multi-talented he was. I pretty much thought he only made fabulous lampshades. Did you know he was also a painter?

One of the pieces that really struck me was a wall of stained glass magnolias. The petals of the magnolias were made up of opaque glass that was folded against itself and made the flowers look magical.

The next day I drew my impression of those magnolias in my pocket moleskine, and a few weeks later I transformed the drawing into a print, and yes, now it's everywhere.


I find that it's so hard to stop once you've started gocco printing, and pretty much shove anything that doesn't have a tail or heartbeat into the press to see what comes out.

A few years back, Sean bought be a small etching press. That poor little press received so little love and started to rust. One of the things on my big to-do list is to fix it up again and maybe do some monotypes on it. If you don't see me write about it in the next few weeks, please remind me. Thanks. And again, I promise not to shove anything that has a tail through there. That wouldn't be pretty.

I wasn't able to get a pic of the Tiffany Magnolia panels, but I'll leave you with this pic I took a few weeks back in the garden beside the Smithsonian Castle.

buttons!

The first week I had these I kept them all to myself, with a few extras in my pocket to give away to friends.



Last Friday Sean and I set up a little table in our room at artomatic where we sold some of our small works. That's where my buttons made their official debut. My first customers were about 4 and 5 years old and tried to convince their parents to buy them one of each.

Soon I'll be heading over to the Rock'n'Roll Hotel on H Street to participate in the Big Art Show, and tomorrow I'll be set up at the Marketplace at Artomatic. The Marketplace will be located at the Emerald Cafe on the 8th Floor and feature 30 local vendors.

Artomatic runs through May 20th, come to the Marketplace tomorrow and check it out!

PS :: Apologies to any unanswered e.mails and comments, I'll be in touch with you this week!
PPS :: The buttons have been added to my shop!

do you like lunch?

I love lunch. In honor of lunch, here are some lunchy things I've made recently. First of all, some gocco printed brown bags:



And if you're totally serious about lunch, and want to keep it cold, or hot longer, you might like Roxy's Tattoo bag better. She will remind you not to write all over your arms.


Of course you're going to need a matching coin purse for your milk money. Astrid the Love Cat and Molly the Pirate will help you become fiscally responsible:



All of the above are available in my shop, and the Roxy lunch bag also comes in sand or grey:


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